January 12, 2024 A Very Easy Death – Simone de Beauvoir Witnessing the death of a loved one is one of the most difficult situations that one can face. The mental agony of such times…
July 3, 2023 J’Accuse – Emile Zola Emile Zola is one of the most gifted French authors. His works won’t disappoint readers who expect more than mere storytelling. Through his work,…
July 1, 2023 Italian Journey – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe In 1786, acting on an impulse, Goethe takes a journey to Italy. He visits many Italian cities including Venice, Verona, Naples, Sicily, and Rome….
April 1, 2023 Letters to a Young Poet – Rainer Maria Rilke This is the best work I’ve read after Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own, which I found profoundly informative to amateur writers like…
August 15, 2022 The Words – Jean Paul Sartre The Words is one of the most interesting autobiographies I’ve read. Although it mainly covers the first ten years of the life of Jean-Paul…
July 17, 2022 This way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlmen – Tadeusz Borowski This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen is a collection of short stories that states a brutally true account of horror and survival…
June 15, 2022 The Myth of Sisyphus – Albert Camus This essay is an in-depth discussion of Camus’s view on absurdism and how man continues his existence on the face of it. Is he…
February 9, 2022 A Vindication of the Rights of Woman – Mary Wollstonecraft A Vindication of the Rights of Woman is an early work of the feminist canon. Written in the late 18th century, this work brings…
December 15, 2021 Letters on England – Voltaire Letters on England, a collection of letters written by Voltaire while living in exile in England, comprises Voltaire’s observations on English politics, governance, religion,…
November 29, 2021 The Letter of Vincent van Gogh I have had an interest in painting since my younger days. I never painted myself, nor could I draw or sketch, yet I was…